Albert Bank
Albert Bank | |
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Submerged bank
![]() ![]() Albert Bank (Antarctica) | |
Ocean | Southern Ocean |
Albert Bank (77°10′S 32°45′W / 77.167°S 32.750°W), also known as Prince Albert I Bank, is a submarine bank in the Weddell Sea named for Albert I of Monaco, instrumental in initiating the first GEBCO charts (1903). The name was proposed by Dr. , Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, and approved in June 1997.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Albert Bank". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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